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- CAP Lays Out its Priorities for Congress to Act on Before 2023
As Congress debates its year-end legislation for 2022, the CAP has laid out its priorities for inclusion in the year-end omnibus appropriations package. In a December 14 letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY), House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the CAP specifically asked Congress to:
- Prevent the entire 4.5% Medicare cut stemming from the program’s policy to increase payment for evaluation and management services.
- Pass the Saving Access to Laboratory Services Act (SALSA). The bill would stop a 15% Medicare cut to laboratory fees, reduce administrative burden on laboratories, and ensure accurate collection of private market data through statistically valid sampling from all laboratory segments.
- Adopt the Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act in order to ensure quality laboratory testing for patients and minimize the regulatory burden on laboratories, while allowing for continued innovation in laboratory testing.
- Establish state stockpiles of medical products and supplies needed during a public health emergency by passing the Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats, and Pandemics Act (PREVENT Pandemics Act).
Throughout the year, the CAP and its members have met with hundreds of congressional offices to discuss the impact Medicare cuts have on seniors and pathology practices. Pathologists have urged Congress to act before these cuts take effect on January 1.
The CAP will keep members updated on the progress of these priorities as news develops.